Puppies

So for the first post on my blog, I'm just going to jump right in. 

Puppies can be challenging, they frustrate you at times, and sometimes you just want to yell at them (but you don't cause there so darn cute). I have a confession, I recently took on a puppy, and it has been 2 or 3 weeks since I brought him home. The first week was great, puppy laid in his kennel and slept most of that week, we started on the potty training, and he got 5 to 10 minutes after pottying to play with my adult dog, which she loves puppies, I was skeptical about it, but it actually has gone way better then when I added an adult dog to the house. Anyways, where was I, yes the first week was easy, I tried to do everything right, keeping him kenneled so we didn't have accidents in the house, which we didn't, he wasn't even being puppy like, there was no biting or barking and I thought I had got lucky, with a smart little doggy. 

Well anyone who has ever owned a puppy, knows that dogs don't come preprogrammed like that, and as luck would have it, week 2 came around and I had my hands FULL. He was full of energy, but he learned to settle easily, he was biting and nipping, and he no longer wanted to just lie in my lap when I watched a movie. This is about the time, I took him for short little walks to get him used to being on a leash, and he was a little scared but some "good boys" and treats did the trick, and we were able to walk the block in front of my house. I took this little bit of time as well to start imprinting on him, loose leash walking and walking with me. As you will come to learn later my adult dog is a challenge, and this puppy I want to be just right. 

Puppies have a way of either bringing out the best in adult dogs or the worst. In my case both! My adult dog follows his lead when getting in to trouble, but she also helps give him confidence in new areas where she is really confident, like walking on a leash, just bringing her out with us helped show him what he is supposed to do, from now on I will walk them separately when I do walk them, as I don’t want him picking up her bad habits.

Puppies are cute and adorable, but they are a lot of work, with a toddler in the house, and me being a dog trainer I can handle it, with relative ease, but it definitely isn’t easy, we have had our fair share of mischief and a few accidents here and there with puppy curiosity, like him wanting to see what’s in the cup so he knocks it off the table, but it is all fun. Especially with a fun dog like my ten-week-old puppy, we still have a long way to go.